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The Phosphoinositide-Linked CNS Muscarinic Receptor

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Neuroreceptors and Signal Transduction

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 236))

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The importance of muscarinic synapses in the central nervous system is well-known. Potent toxins such as atropine, known to the ancient Romans, block acetylcholine binding to its receptor. Selective effects of scopolamine on memory have for many years implicated cholinergic mechanisms in learning and memory. A specific hypothesis has been proposed relating lack of acetylcholine at muscarinic synapses with the symptomatology of Alzheimer’s disease (1). In addition, several neurological and psychiatric diseases are associated with apparent loss of cholinergic markers in the brain, or are responsive to treatment with anti-cholinergic agents. The role of the muscarinic synapse in the development and treatment of CNS diseases thus assumes a potentially central role, the understanding of which underlies the possibility of rational treatment. In addition to a possible altered cholinergic neurotransmission in Alzheimer’s disease (1,2), there are indications that changes in muscarinic receptor (mAChR) function may underlie Huntington’s disease (3), depression (4–6), temporal lobe epilepsy (7) and narcolepsy (8). Also, anti-muscarinic agents have been reported to improve symptoms in Parkinson’s disease (9) and dystonia (10,11). Several classes of frequently prescribed medications have significant anti-muscarinic potencies, including various anti-psychotic, antidepressant and anti-histaminergic agents.

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Agranoff, B.W., Fisher, S.K., Heacock, A.M., Frey, K.A. (1988). The Phosphoinositide-Linked CNS Muscarinic Receptor. In: Kito, S., Segawa, T., Kuriyama, K., Tohyama, M., Olsen, R.W. (eds) Neuroreceptors and Signal Transduction. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 236. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5971-6_16

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